British dogs on irish hares?

[optimus 447]

THIS POST MADE ME DIG OUT SOME PHOTOS OF TYPICAL N, IRELAND TERRAIN WHEN I WAS OVER HUNTING, AS YOU CAN SEE THE FENS IT CERTAINLY AINT. WALKING FOR HARES WAS MORE LIKE AN ASSAULT COURSE

[darbo 4,776]

hope none of you irish boys mind me asking what are the crosses most used for hares on your terrain. never been to ireland.

[bigliks 601]

THIS POST MADE ME DIG OUT SOME PHOTOS OF TYPICAL N, IRELAND TERRAIN WHEN I WAS OVER HUNTING, AS YOU CAN SEE THE FENS IT CERTAINLY AINT. WALKING FOR HARES WAS MORE LIKE AN ASSAULT COURSE

 

 

hunted 100 of hares in ireland and killed lots english hares are every bit as good its the land you run on that makes it harder like like this it would be hard for any breed two catch one but there is better land then this in ireland more in the south i had a first cross saluki gray it had no trouble killin them plenty of speed good jumper and i have seen a load of saluki x doin the job there the moutain hares you ran over here was they not blue hares there nowere as good as the brown hare or irish hare

[Blue one 89]

hope none of you irish boys mind me asking what are the crosses most used for hares on your terrain. never been to ireland.

 

whippet x greyhounds and collie x greyhounds.

Over the last 15 or so years, the saluki x greyhound x whippet is getting popular, a lot of coursing bred dogs from the uk are being bred here, but, we need a up and at them type, that gets on term with its hare quick, otherwise its gone.

[darbo 4,776]

thanks for the info.

[Blue one 89]

No problem.

[Catcher 1 639]

well, any uk dogs, did well over here in ireland on the hares?

our small fields and rushy fields, rough ground are not easy to over come by dogs that are too slow.

like to hear of any uk dogs doing well here?

bet their is not many?

i have mainly whippet x with a touch of saluki too much saluki slows it up!

your experiences welcomed lads.

 

 

Hi bud been running dogs on that kind of ground for years.A lot of times you dont see the run you just have to sit down and wait.

[BOLIO1 1,078]

Here's a shot of Ruby, a saluki cross bitch I was running twenty years ago. I only ever ran her in Ireland and she killed plenty.

 

 

Edited February 27, 2011 by BOLIO1

[Blue one 89]

Grand looking bitch their Bolio, how was she bred?

[BOLIO1 1,078]

T O'H had a bitch in Belfast bred off J McK's old half bred saluki from the 70's that was known as the Afghan bitch. (There was no Afghan in her but she had a longish silky coat from the lurcher side of her breeding) T.O'H's bitch was given to P.K. when she was done and he bred her to the first of the saluki types he had off old Ginger F, a dog called Luke. That's what I was told at the time. Josies old Afghan bitch had the rep for being the best up here in the 70's, Ruby wasn't in her league but she gave me some sport.

[Blue one 89]

T O'H had a bitch in Belfast bred off J McK's old half bred saluki from the 70's that was known as the Afghan bitch. (There was no Afghan in her but she had a longish silky coat from the lurcher side of her breeding) T.O'H's bitch was given to P.K. when she was done and he bred her to the first of the saluki types he had off old Ginger F, a dog called Luke. That's what I was told at the time. Josies old Afghan bitch had the rep for being the best up here in the 70's, Ruby wasn't in her league but she gave me some sport.

 

Thanks for that Bolio.

She seems to have done well, i would be happy with that.

Any dogs running from her now, did you breed from her?

[BOLIO1 1,078]

No mate, I gave her to some one I regarded as a friend who promptly sold her to an English fellow who ran her in a doubled up comp in England, where she was beaten by the eventual winner of the comp, G. L.'s Seargent

[Blue one 89]

No mate, I gave her to some one I regarded as a friend who promptly sold her to an English fellow who ran her in a doubled up comp in England, where she was beaten by the eventual winner of the comp, G. L.'s Seargent

 

Ok, thanks Bolio..

Shame that, id say he was friend no more after selling her?

[paddy o neil 6]

MOST OF THE ENGLISH BRED DOGS THAT IVE SEEN OVER IN IRELAND WERE MOSTLY VERY SLOW, AND

NOT VERY GOOD AROUND DITCHES, WIRE ETC.A LOT COULD OF BEEN MORE TO THE UPBRINGING OF THE DOGS,

RATHER THAN THE ACTUAL BREEDING OF THEM. TEND TO FAVOUR A DOG WITH DASH OF SALUKI MYSELF

[Blue one 89]

MOST OF THE ENGLISH BRED DOGS THAT IVE SEEN OVER IN IRELAND WERE MOSTLY VERY SLOW, AND

NOT VERY GOOD AROUND DITCHES, WIRE ETC.A LOT COULD OF BEEN MORE TO THE UPBRINGING OF THE DOGS,

RATHER THAN THE ACTUAL BREEDING OF THEM. TEND TO FAVOUR A DOG WITH DASH OF SALUKI MYSELF

 

How much saluki do you favour in your dogs Paddy?

Do you think whippet x grehound in the mix, along with saluki, gives it that extra zip for our type of

land?

Cheers..